Governance
Policy cycle
Formal definition
Policy cycle is a policy in governance focused on coordinating general trustee meetings, maintaining policy reviews, and managing organizational conflict registers to ensure lawful governance.
What this actually means for you
Trustees and governance leads should treat Policy cycle as an operating standard: schedule regular board reviews, register conflicts of interest promptly, and update policy exception files, then review it before board and committee decisions.
Example: During a planned change window, teams apply Policy cycle as follows: the trustee secretary coordinates the AGM notice and reviews the conflict register before the meeting. They then update policy packs, approval logs, and team guidance for the next cycle.
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